My Biography
My life began on the 8th of January, 1902 in Illinois, Chicago. I was the fourth of six children. I believe I was a very independent and intelligent child, being well disciplined. Before beginning my education, I had already learnt to read so I started school in the second grade,
When I was 12 years old, my family moved to a farm about 30 miles west from Chicago. I spent my high school years there and then moved on to become an agriculture major in the University of Wisconsin. Later I moved on to studying history then religion and got married to Helen Elliot. We moved to New York and had children but I soon discovered ministry was not a career I wanted.
I decided to join the clinical psychology program at Columbia University where I received my phD in 1931. During this time I learnt about Otto Rank's theory and therapy techniques and began working at the Rochester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, I had started developing my own ideas, approaches and theories. In 1940, I was offered a full professorship in Ohio and then in 1942, I published my very own book titled 'Counselling and Psychotherapy".
Having quite a bit of success in psychology, I was invited to set up a counselling centre at the University of Chicago in 1945. Two years later I was elected the President of the American Psychology association. While I was working there I released my major piece of work, 'Client Centred Psychology', outlining my theory I had developed and in 1954 'Psychotherapy and Personality change.' In 1956 I had the honour of becoming the first President of the American Academy of Psychology.
The next year, I returned to the University of Wisconsin to teach psychology. I also wrote another book, probably my most famous, called 'On Becoming a Person'. In the 1960's, the humanistic movement I had established with Abraham Maslow reached it's peak. In 1961, I was elected a Fellow of the American Acedemy of Arts and Sciences and I continued teaching at Wisconsin until 1963. I had moved on to become a resident at the Western Behavioural Sciences Institute in California. I then helped found the Centre for Studies of the Person in 1968. Years later, I did not stop writing books. I released books such as 'Carl Rogers on Personal Power' (1977) and Freedom to Learn for the 80's (1983). I continued doing therapy, giving speeches and writing with the WBSI for the rest of my life.
In my last years, I travelled the world to apply my theories to political oppression and national social conflict situations. In Belfast, Northern Island I brought influential Protestants and Catholics together; in South Africa, blacks and whites; in Brazil people emerging from dictatorship to democracy in the United States, consumers and providers in the health field. I took one last trip to the Soviet Union where I became amazed of how many Russians new about my work. I was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for my work in Northern Ireland and South Africa and lived a very successful 85 years.
When I was 12 years old, my family moved to a farm about 30 miles west from Chicago. I spent my high school years there and then moved on to become an agriculture major in the University of Wisconsin. Later I moved on to studying history then religion and got married to Helen Elliot. We moved to New York and had children but I soon discovered ministry was not a career I wanted.
I decided to join the clinical psychology program at Columbia University where I received my phD in 1931. During this time I learnt about Otto Rank's theory and therapy techniques and began working at the Rochester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, I had started developing my own ideas, approaches and theories. In 1940, I was offered a full professorship in Ohio and then in 1942, I published my very own book titled 'Counselling and Psychotherapy".
Having quite a bit of success in psychology, I was invited to set up a counselling centre at the University of Chicago in 1945. Two years later I was elected the President of the American Psychology association. While I was working there I released my major piece of work, 'Client Centred Psychology', outlining my theory I had developed and in 1954 'Psychotherapy and Personality change.' In 1956 I had the honour of becoming the first President of the American Academy of Psychology.
The next year, I returned to the University of Wisconsin to teach psychology. I also wrote another book, probably my most famous, called 'On Becoming a Person'. In the 1960's, the humanistic movement I had established with Abraham Maslow reached it's peak. In 1961, I was elected a Fellow of the American Acedemy of Arts and Sciences and I continued teaching at Wisconsin until 1963. I had moved on to become a resident at the Western Behavioural Sciences Institute in California. I then helped found the Centre for Studies of the Person in 1968. Years later, I did not stop writing books. I released books such as 'Carl Rogers on Personal Power' (1977) and Freedom to Learn for the 80's (1983). I continued doing therapy, giving speeches and writing with the WBSI for the rest of my life.
In my last years, I travelled the world to apply my theories to political oppression and national social conflict situations. In Belfast, Northern Island I brought influential Protestants and Catholics together; in South Africa, blacks and whites; in Brazil people emerging from dictatorship to democracy in the United States, consumers and providers in the health field. I took one last trip to the Soviet Union where I became amazed of how many Russians new about my work. I was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for my work in Northern Ireland and South Africa and lived a very successful 85 years.